Regional labour informality in Colombia and a proposal for a differential minimum wage

LE Arango, LA Flórez - The Journal of Development Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The very high level of informal labour in Colombia is a symptom of the labour market is not
functioning properly. Moreover, this undesirable outcome is highly heterogeneous across …

The minimum wage in formal and informal sectors: Evidence from an inflation shock

JP Pérez - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
I estimate the effect of the minimum wage on formal wages, informal wages, and
employment in Colombia. I exploit an unexpected increase in the real minimum wage during …

Beach cleaning costs

CJ Cruz, JJ Muñoz-Perez… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Based on the data collection of manual beach cleaning, this article measures and compares
the efficiency and productivity of workers from private and public companies in nine …

Double penalty in returns to education: informality and educational mismatch in the Colombian labour market

P Herrera-Idárraga, E López-Bazo… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the returns to education taking into consideration the existence of
educational mismatches in the formal and informal employment of a developing country …

[HTML][HTML] El mínimo vital como límite al deber de contribuir en Colombia

LC Bolaños Bolaños, IA Ordóñez-Castaño - Revista de Derecho, 2020 - scielo.org.co
Este artículo aborda la conceptualización teórica del deber de contribuir con los gastos e
inversión del Estado en el marco del principio constitucional de justicia tributaria y en …

Payroll taxes, social security, and informality: The 2012 tax reform in Colombia

PA Garlati-Bertoldi - Change at home, in the labor market, and on the …, 2020 - emerald.com
I evaluate how the tax reform of 2012 reduced informality in Colombia both theoretically and
empirically. Theoretically, I develop a labor market model and obtain simulations indicating …

Dynamic effects of the minimum wage on informality in Colombia

JJ Mora, J Muro - Labour, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Informality is a common phenomenon in developing countries and is not uncommon in
industrialized societies. Although persistent aggregate rates of informal employment for a …

[PDF][PDF] Las instituciones laborales en Colombia: contexto histórico de sus antecedentes y principales desarrollos hasta 1990

M Avella-Gómez - Borradores de Economía; No. 613, 2010 - repositorio.banrep.gov.co
La historia de las instituciones laborales colombianas gira alrededor del Código Sustantivo
del Trabajo expedido en 1950. Aunque con antecedentes memorables en la legislación …

Moderate wage increases and flexible labour contracts to protect employment in Colombian manufacturing

LE Arango, SA Rivera - Journal of Policy Modeling, 2022 - Elsevier
Based on conditional and unconditional demands for labour, we exploit the variations of real
minimum wage across manufacturing subsectors to present evidence that this variable …

Assessing inflationary pressures in Colombia

A Gonzalez - Borradores de Economía; No. 558, 2009 - repositorio.banrep.gov.co
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Colombia - Bogotá - Colombia - Page 1 Page 2 Assessing Inflationary Pressures in Colombia …